1997 Shimizu S-Pulse season explained

The 1997 season was Shimizu S-Pulse's sixth season in existence and their fifth season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season fifth in the league.

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League	5th / 17 clubs
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J.League Cup	GL-A 2nd / 4 clubs

Domestic results

J.League Cup

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Masanori Sanada	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 73 kg	32	0	3	0	6	0	41	0
2	DF		Toshihide Saito	March 8, 1997	181 cm / 73 kg	22	2	3	0	0	0	25	2
3	DF		Masahiro Ando	March 8, 1997	176 cm / 67 kg	32	2	3	0	6	0	41	2
4	DF		Takumi Horiike	March 8, 1997	173 cm / 68 kg	29	0	0	0	6	0	35	0
5	MF		Santos	March 8, 1997	176 cm / 74 kg	31	3	3	3	6	0	40	6
6	MF		Katsumi Oenoki	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 70 kg	28	0	3	0	5	0	36	0
7	MF		Teruyoshi Ito	March 8, 1997	168 cm / 71 kg	31	7	3	1	6	1	40	9
8	MF		Oliva	March 8, 1997	180 cm / 80 kg	22	13	3	2	5	2	30	17
9	FW		Kenta Hasegawa	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 77 kg	30	5	1	0	6	2	37	7
10	MF		Masaaki Sawanobori	March 8, 1997	170 cm / 60 kg	31	11	3	1	6	0	40	12
11	DF		Ryuzo Morioka	March 8, 1997	179 cm / 70 kg	30	1	3	0	6	0	39	1
12	MF		Yukihiko Sato	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 70 kg	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0
13	DF		Tadaaki Matsubara	March 8, 1997	182 cm / 74 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
14	DF		Kazuyuki Toda	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 68 kg	20	0	3	0	5	0	28	0
15	DF		Ryo Oishi	March 8, 1997	177 cm / 70 kg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	GK		Koji Nakahara	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 76 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
17	MF		Yuzuki Ito	March 8, 1997	172 cm / 65 kg	6	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
18	FW		Daizo Okitsu	March 8, 1997	170 cm / 68 kg	17	1	0	0	0	0	17	1
19	DF		Junji Nishizawa	March 8, 1997	181 cm / 77 kg	21	0	3	0	1	0	25	0
20	GK		Keisuke Hada	March 8, 1997	182 cm / 75 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
21	MF		Nobuhiro Naito	March 8, 1997	164 cm / 60 kg	0	0		0	1	0		0
22	MF		Hisaaki Kobayashi	March 8, 1997	171 cm / 65 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
23	MF/DF		Alex	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 69 kg	27	3	3	0	2	1	32	4
	DF		Tsuyoshi Tanikawa	March 8, 1997	175 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
→24	DF		Daisuke Ichikawa	March 8, 1997	181 cm / 70 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	DF		Yuzo Wada	March 8, 1997	172 cm / 63 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	MF		Kosuke Watanabe	March 8, 1997	165 cm / 60 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
	MF		Kohei Hiramatsu	March 8, 1997	171 cm / 60 kg	0	0		0	0	0		0
24	DF		Bowen †	March 8, 1997	178 cm / 75 kg	7	3	0	0	3	1	10	4

• † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

Transfers

In:Out:

Transfers during the season

In

• Mark Rossllyn Bowen (on March)

Out

• Mark Rossllyn Bowen (on September)

Awards

none

References

• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1997, 1997
• J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE 1998, 1996
• J.LEAGUE YEARBOOK 1999, 1999

Other pages

• J. League official site
• Shimizu S-Pulse official site